Non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome in the elderly: Treatment strategies and 30-day outcome

American Heart Journal

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 830-836

  De Servi, Stefano ^a   Cavallini, Claudio ^a   Dellavalle, Antonio ^a   Santoro, Giovanni Maria ^a   Bonizzoni, Erminio ^a   Marzocchi, Antonio ^a   Politi, Alessandro ^a   Pesaresi, Antonio ^a   Mariani, Matteo ^a   Chierchia, Sergio ^a  

^a Ospedale Civile di Legnano   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; TROPONIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE DURATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; Q WAVE; REGISTER; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN GPIIB-IIIA COMPLEX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS; SYNDROME; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 3042811493     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2003.12.016     Document Type: Article

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